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China overtakes US as Germany’s biggest trade partner — RT World News

China overtakes US as Germany’s biggest trade partner

German exports to America fell by more than 9% last year, the state statistics agency has said

China has overtaken the US as Germany’s biggest trading partner, the German Federal Statistics Agency said in a report published on Friday. The nation’s trade deficit with the Asian country reached a record level of €89.3 billion ($105 billion), according to the agency’s data.

The largest supplier of goods to Germany since 2015 has been China, underscoring the depth of their economic ties. Although the US briefly overtook it as Germany’s top trading partner in 2024, China regained the lead last year. Its exports to Germany rose by 8.8%, pushing total bilateral trade to €251.8 billion.

Germany’s own exports to China fell by 9.7% over the same period. Last year, China’s exports to Germany were worth more than twice what Germany itself sold to China, the data shows.

Meanwhile, Berlin’s exports to the US – the largest importer of German goods – fell by 9.4% in 2025, slashing the trade surplus between the two nations from €69.6 billion to €51.9 billion, according to the statistics agency.